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When we heard the news from several sources that Donald Trump was going to reveal a major “bombshell” tomorrow which will rock the Obama campaign, our first instinct was to check the schedule for the Celebrity Apprentice to see if it was coming back on-air soon.

That was not the case, but certainly Trump’s past history of trying to get back into the headlines when the show is about to launch a new season made it a pretty reasonable assumption.

And, is it any coincidence that the filming of the first ever All-Star Celebrity Apprentice began on Monday, October 15th? According to reports, the program will begin airing in March 2013 and will feature “top contestants” from prior shows.

According to ABC News, the intrigue first started last week in a tweet by Mr. Trump:

@realDonaldTrump I’ll be making a major announcement on President Obama next week — stay tuned!

The report was reinforced in a Trump interview on Fox and Friends, “It’s going to be announced probably on Wednesday. But I have something very, very big concerning the President of the United States.”

And as recently as this morning he was on CNBC’s Squawk Box, saying “I do have something that's very big. It's about President Obama.” Asked if he could provide any hints of what he might be divulging, Trump said, "No, but tomorrow you'll see."

So, what could Trump possibly have up his incredibly luxurious sleeves? Maybe he’s discovered Obama’s real birth certificate. Maybe he read the president’s diary, which is filled with pages of “Mr. and Mr. Bill Ayers” written in bubble letters and doodles of hammers and sickles. Or maybe Trump’s going to shock the world by unveiling something damning he learned about Mitt Romney, possibly while they were vacationing together in a European country only rich people know about.

Last night during his “live debate tweets’, The Donald teased it again, tweeting, “Everybody is asking about my announcement this Wednesday concerning Barack Obama---just wait and see! “

Whether you love him or hate him, one has to admit Mr. Trump is a master of publicity and you can bet your ‘combover’ we will be tuned in “around noonish” tomorrow for the big announcement.

(UPDATE: Tweet from Mr. Trump at approximately 5:45 PM Tuesday evening. @realDonaldTrump“This is not a media event or about Donald J. Trump— this is about the United States of America. I will be making the announcement on Facebook and Twitter tomorrow.” This was shortly followed by another tweet. @realDonaldTrump "Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack." -- Sun Tzu)